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Why is my calculation running on CPU instead of GPU?
The optimisation falls back to CPU calculation because of a number of different reasons:
There isn’t a GPU license available
For GPU calculation a separate license is required and needs to be purchased.
All GPU licenses are in use for other optimisations
The GPU Service is not installed.
Have a look at your computers Services and check for “MSC Apex GD GPU Solver Engine 2021 (port …)”
If you cannot find it - please install the Service manually:
Open a command window
Navigate to C:\Program Files\MSC.Software\MSC Apex Generative Design\2021-772889\leaf\Services\AEM\WIN8664\bin
Execute install_mgd_gpu_solver.cmd -p (42001) -i (Computers IP-Address)
For port the default in MSC Apex Generative Design is: -p (42001)
You can find out your IP- Address in windows by opening a command window and using the command ipconfig -all.
Check in the computers Services again and see if the Service is installed and running
The GPU Service is not active (no active network interface).
Have a look at your computers Services and check if “MSC Apex GD GPU Solver Engine 2021 (port …)” is running.
If it is not running, start it.
There isn’t enough GPU memory available, the model is too big.
Adjust the model or the complexity of the model and start again.
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